IDA & Ethiopia

The International Development Association (IDA) is Ethiopia’s largest provider of official development assistance: it has committed over US$7 billion to more than 60 projects in Ethiopia since 1991, most notably for the protection of basic services, productive safety nets, energy and roads projects. IDA has worked to promote economic growth and address systemic poverty challenges across many sectors. Important results include a near two-fold increase in the number of children... Read More »

Expanding access and improving quality of education

IDA financed health project enabled the local governments to hire an additional 100,000 primary school teachers nationwide. The primary school enrollment rate increased from 68.5 percent (2005) to 87.9 percent (2010). Increased enrollment in school in turn increased the child immunization rate from 70 (2005) to 82 percent (2010). Rural access to potable water increased from 46 percent to 65.8 percent during the same period. Read More »